In what astronomers are calling an exciting discovery, the understanding of stellar evolution has been turned on its head after it was found that stars with an inner magnetic field are a lot more ...

Lead author Neha Sharma emphasized the study’s significance, noting that “by studying their flickers, we can uncover how ...

A sweeping new study has pulled back the curtain on the chaotic early lives of young stars, revealing that stellar infancy is far more turbulent and variable than previously thought. Over ten ...

The evolution of stars and their interactions with compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, remain pivotal in our understanding of the cosmos. Stellar evolution describes the life ...

Scientists have detected the first direct evidence of a coronal mass ejection from a star beyond our Sun, specifically the M dwarf StKM1-1262. This ma ...

The spin-down of cool stars on the main-sequence, like our Sun, is a critical area of modern astrophysics, with strong links ...

Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...

Helium, the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen, plays a central role in determining the physical and chemical characteristics of stars.

Discover seven of the universe’s rarest stars, including white dwarf pulsars and red hypergiants. Learn why astronomers ...

After finding three times more black holes than expected in the Palomar 5 cluster, scientists believe they may have unlocked an understanding of how stellar streams are formed. In the darkness of ...